William Shakespeare Quotes (page 4)

1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
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“Fashion wears out more clothes than the man.”
Fashion
“Pain pays the income of each precious thing.”
Pain
“Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.”
Power
“I am a man more sinned against than sinning.”
VerifiedKing Lear (1605–6), Lear, Act III, scene ii. · evidenceSin
“Be great in act, as you have been in thought.”
Action
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”
Argument
“Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.”
Compassion
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
VerifiedThe Merchant of Venice (1596–7), Launcelot Gobbo, Act II, scene ii. · evidenceFathers
“Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.”
Gifts
“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
Hatred
“Why should honor outlive honestly? [Orthello]”
Honor
“We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart.”
Hospitality
“Love is too young to know what conscience is.”
Love
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
VerifiedA Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), Lysander, Act I, scene i. · evidenceQuarrels
“The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.”
Risk
“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.”
VerifiedSonnets (1609) · evidenceSpring
“Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.”
Competition
“Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.”
Conceit
“Men at sometime are the masters of their fate.”
Fate
“Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.”
Doubt
“The will is deaf and hears no heedful friends.”
Will and Will Power
“My age is as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly.”
Age and Aging
“We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.”
Waste
“So wise so young, they say, do never live long.”
Wisdom
“Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.”
Fear
“We that are true lovers run into strange capers.”
Lovers
“Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.”
Worry